Special Saturday Seminar: Writing to a Prompt

A Special Winter Morning for TCs and their Colleagues:

Writing to a Prompt
January 9
8:30-11:30 AM
RB Building, BSU
$20 registration

Several years ago, IWP began to approach ISTEP writing as a genre, a genre we teach like any other writing application in the standards. We developed a four-week writing cycle that prepares students of any age to write on demand. January is a good time to start preparing students for Spring ISTEP testing, so mark your calendars now for the morning of Saturday, January 9.

The lead presenter, TC Susan Darling, helped develop the cycle and uses it in her class every year with impressive results. In one trial of this unit in a rural school, all but one third-grader scored 4,5 or 6 on the language development rubric and the sixth grade class scored higher than the state average. It works so invite your friends and colleagues.

You can register online or by contacting the IWP office via e-mail at iwp@bsu.edu.